Signers of 1767 Non-Consumption Agreement – First 4 of 8 Pages

Joseph Warren's name appears with dozens of women and hundreds of Bostonians on a newly found 1767 boycott document

in about Warren

 

Page

Column

Obv / Verso

Place in Col.

Gender

First Name

Last Name

Notations on ms

1

1

O

1

M

John

Steel

 

1

1

O

2

M

John

Ruddock

 

1

1

O

3

M

Saml

Proctor

 

1

1

O

4

M

Richard

Bright

 

1

1

O

5

M

Jabez

Bradbury

 

1

1

O

6

M

John

Pulling

 

1

1

O

7

M

Willm

Jasper

 

1

1

O

8

M

John

McKown

 

1

1

O

9

M

Willm

Boyes

 

1

1

O

10

M

John

Boit

 

1

1

O

11

M

Jonathan

Cary

 

1

1

O

12

M

Andrew

Gillespie

 

1

1

O

13

M

Clement

Collins

 

1

1

O

14

M

And:w

Drummond

 

1

1

O

15

M

James

Bell

[printed name]

1

1

O

16

M

Ezra

Collins

 

1

1

O

17

M

Isaac

Greenwood

 

1

1

O

18

M

Wm

Mackay

 

1

1

O

19

M

Alex.r

Chamberlain

 

1

2

O

1

M

John

Homer

 

1

2

O

2

M

Jn:o

Cookson

 

1

2

O

3

M

Paul

Revere

 

1

2

O

4

M

Jno

Symmes

 

1

2

O

5

M

Joseph

Snelling

 

1

2

O

6

M

John

Machett

 

1

2

O

7

M

John

[W        ]

 

1

2

O

8

M

Jno:

Troth

 

1

2

O

9

M

Benjn

Henderson

 

1

2

O

10

M

Benjamin

Clark

 

1

2

O

11

M

Edward

Procter

 

1

2

O

12

M

Nathl

Warner

 

1

2

O

13

M

John

White

 

1

2

O

14

M

Alex.r

Campbell

 

1

2

O

15

M

James

Cochran

 

1

2

O

16

M

Abra..m

Frost

 

1

2

O

17

M

Joseph

Beath

 

1

2

O

18

M

Andrew

Hall

 

1

2

O

19

M

Stephan

Nazro

 

1

2

O

20

M

Moses

Bennet

 

1

3

O

1

M

John

Tudor

 

1

3

O

2

M

Robt

Whatley

 

1

3

O

3

M

John

Gray

 

1

3

O

4

M

Henry

Roby

 

1

3

O

5

M

Thos.

Knox

 

1

3

O

6

M

Nathl

Ridgway

 

1

3

O

7

M

Daniel

Barker

 

1

3

O

8

M

Asa

Stodder

 

1

3

O

9

M

Wm

Hill

 

1

3

O

10

M

Caleb

Champney

 

1

3

O

11

M

Joseph

Domett

 

1

3

O

12

M

Jacob

Holland

 

1

3

O

13

M

George

Bright

 

1

3

O

14

M

Thos

Bradford

 

1

3

O

15

M

Joseph

Clark

 

1

3

O

16

M

Samuel

Godding

 

1

3

O

17

M

Willm

Bell

 

1

3

O

18

M

Thomas

Sargent

 

1

3

O

19

M

John

Grant

 

1

3

O

20

M

John

Lord

 

1

3

O

21

M

John

Goldsmith

 

1

3

O

22

M

William

Stone

 

1

1

V

1

M

Francis

Richey

 

1

1

V

2

M

John

Gyles

 

1

1

V

3

M

Caleb

Hopkins

 

1

1

V

4

M

Arch:d

Dinmore

 

1

1

V

5

M

John

Brown

 

1

1

V

6

M

Benja

Cooper

 

1

1

V

7

M

Thos

Lewis

 

1

1

V

8

M

Nathan

Sawyer

 

1

1

V

9

M

Daniel

Williams

 

1

1

V

10

M

James

Barnard

 

1

1

V

11

M

Wm

Darracott

 

1

1

V

12

M

Thos

Potts

 

1

1

V

13

M

Gibbes

Atkins

 

1

1

V

14

M

John

Williston

 

1

1

V

15

M

Richard

Skillin

 

1

1

V

16

M

Benj:n

White

his X mark

1

1

V

17

M

Edward

Foster

 

1

1

V

18

M

Timothy

Brown

 

1

1

V

19

M

Samuel

Brown

 

1

1

V

20

M

Edw.d

Gyles

 

1

1

V

21

M

Geo.

Thomas

 

1

1

V

22

M

Thos

Greenough Junr

 

1

1

V

23

M

John

Cogswell

 

1

1

V

24

M

Ebene

Sumner

 

1

1

V

25

M

James

Crawford

 

1

1

V

26

M

John

Perkins

 

1

1

V

27

M

Joseph

Hartt

 

1

1

V

28

M

Seth

Webber

 

1

1

V

29

M

Natha

Holmes

 

1

1

V

30

M

Christopher

Ranks

 

1

1

V

31

M

John

Cunnabell

 

1

1

V

32

M

Samuel

Appleton

 

1

1

V

33

M

Saml

Johnson

 

1

1

V

34

F

Susannah

Morgan

 

1

2

V

1

M

Thomas

Crafts

 

1

2

V

2

M

John

Gould

 

1

2

V

3

M

Nath:a

Hall

 

1

2

V

4

M

William

Parker

 

1

2

V

5

M

Richard

Green

 

1

2

V

6

M

George

Ogilvie

 

1

2

V

7

M

Jn..o

Downe

 

1

2

V

8

M

Andrew

Symmes

 

1

2

V

9

M

Andrew

Symmes Junr

 

1

2

V

10

M

John

Symmes

 

1

2

V

11

M

Roop

Gooding

 

1

2

V

12

M

James

Tilston

 

1

2

V

13

M

Benj:

White

 

1

2

V

14

M

John

Leach

 

1

2

V

15

M

Davis

Bell

 

1

2

V

16

M

Giles

Brewer

 

1

2

V

17

M

Joshua

Burpee

 

1

2

V

18

M

Benja

Richardson Junr

 

1

2

V

19

F

Anna

Flagg

 

1

2

V

20

M

John

Cox

 

1

2

V

21

M

Samuel

Clap

 

1

2

V

22

M

Jacob

Quincy

 

1

2

V

23

M

[  ?  ]

[  ?  ]

 

1

2

V

24

M

Joseph

Lasinby

 

1

2

V

25

M

Jacob

Thayer

 

1

2

V

26

M

William

M.cFadden

 

1

2

V

27

M

John

Ball

 

1

2

V

28

M

Isaac

Savage

 

1

2

V

29

M

Thos

Russell

 

1

2

V

30

M

Edward

Harper

 

1

2

V

31

M

John

Belos

 

1

2

V

32

M

John

M.cGee

 

1

2

V

33

M

Luke

Doolin

 

1

2

V

34

M

Tho:s

Greenleaf

 

1

2

V

35

M

John

Daton

 

1

2

V

36

M

Joseph

Northrup

dier silk

1

2

V

37

M

Stephen

Harris

 

1

2

V

38

M

Robert

Stewart

 

1

3

V

1

M

Daniel

Pollard

 

1

3

V

2

M

William

Alexander

 

1

3

V

3

M

William

Billings

 

2

1

O

1

F

Hannah

Peters

 

2

1

O

2

M

Tho.s

Ivers

 

2

1

O

3

M

W.m

Frobisher

 

2

1

O

4

M

James

Noble

 

2

1

O

5

F

Mary

Butler

 

2

1

O

6

M

Matt.w

West

 

2

1

O

7

M

Joseph

Mann

 

2

1

O

8

M

Edw.d Brattle

Oliver

 

2

1

O

9

M

Joseph

Hall

 

2

1

O

10

M

James

Wells

 

2

1

O

11

M

James

Ivers

 

2

1

O

12

F

Rebekka

How

 

2

1

O

13

M

Tho

Jackson

 

2

1

O

14

M

Wm

Dawes Junr

 

2

1

O

15

M?

Story

Dawes

 

2

1

O

16

M

Josa

Gale

 

2

1

O

17

M

John

Griffith

 

2

1

O

18

M

Joseph

Whittemore

 

2

1

O

19

M

Sam:l

Whitwell

 

2

2

O

1

M

Heze

Usher

 

2

2

O

2

M

Saml

Winship

 

2

2

O

3

M

Nicholas

Butler

 

2

2

O

4

M

Samuel

Smith

 

2

2

O

5

M

Daniel

Parker

 

2

2

O

6

M

Wm

Rosmins

 
 2  2  O

7

M

Jeremial

Bumstead

 

2

2

O

8

M

Joseph

How

 

2

2

O

9

F

Jane

Gillam

 

2

2

O

10

F

Lydia

Francis

 

2

2

O

11

F

Elisabeth

Russell

 

2

2

O

12

F

Catherine

Thompson

her X mark

2

2

O

13

F

Rebekah

Walker

 

2

2

O

14

F

Elizabeth

Clark

 

2

2

O

15

F

Elizabeth

Nowell

 

2

2

O

16

F

Mary

Williams

 

2

2

O

17

F

Mary

Williams

 

2

3

O

1

M

Jacob

Royall

 

2

3

O

2

M

Joseph

Warren

 

2

3

O

3

M

J.

Bradford

 

2

3

O

4

M

Saml

Grant

 

2

3

O

5

M

John

Kneeland

 

2

3

O

6

M

John

Simpkins

 

2

3

O

7

F

Mary

Storer

 

2

3

O

8

M

Wm

Baker Junr

 

2

3

O

9

M

Ja.

Bridgham

 

2

3

O

10

M

Jeremy

Condy

 

2

3

O

11

M

Philip

Freeman

 

2

3

O

12

M

Ebenezer

Freeman

 

2

3

O

13

M

Martin

Gay

 

2

3

O

14

M

Harbottle

Dorr

 

2

3

O

15

M

Nath.l

Langdon

 

2

3

O

16

F

Elizabeth

Greenleaf

 

2

3

O

17

F

Abigail

Greenleaf

 

2

3

O

18

M

Thos

Bumstead

 

2

1

V

1

M

Jacob

Williams

 

2

1

V

2

M

Saml

Hastings

 

2

1

V

3

M

Richard

Billings

 

2

1

V

4

M

Samuel

Holbrook

 

2

1

V

5

M

Edmd

Quincy Jr

 

2

1

V

6

M

Samuel

Austin

 

2

1

V

7

M

Moses

Peck

 

2

1

V

8

M

Arnold

Welles

 

2

1

V

9

M

Saml

Barrett

 

3

1

O

1

M

Jos.

Carnes

 

3

1

O

2

M

John

Williams

 

3

1

O

3

M

George

Green

 

3

1

O

4

M

Benja

Vickery

 

3

1

O

5

M

Samuel

Ballard

 

3

1

O

6

M

Henry

King

 

3

1

O

7

M

Ebenezer

Allen

 

3

1

O

8

M

Saml

Clough

 

3

1

O

9

M

John

Bell

 

3

1

O

10

M

Hezekiah

Welch

 

3

1

O

11

M

William

Homes Junr

 

3

1

O

12

M

Joseph

Syles

 

3

1

O

13

M

Andrew

Bordman

 

3

1

O

14

M

Willm

Bordman

 

3

1

O

15

M

Nicholas

Gray

 

3

1

O

16

M

James

Butler

 

3

1

O

17

F

Ann

Hall

 

3

2

O

1

M

Joseph

Sherburne

 

3

2

O

2

M

James

Otis

 

3

2

O

3

M

John

Scollay

 

3

2

O

4

M

Thomas

Fleschin

 

3

2

O

5

F

Margaret

Newman

 

3

2

O

6

M

Wm

Kennedy

 

3

2

O

7

M

Wm

Dawes

 

3

2

O

8

M

Danl

Malcom

 

3

2

O

9

M

Jean

Piemont

 

3

2

O

10

M

Daniel

Scott

 

3

2

O

11

M

John

Andrews

 

3

2

O

12

M

Jn:o

Greenleaf

 

3

2

O

13

M

Moses

Gill

 

3

2

O

14

M

Joseph

Bradford

 

3

2

O

15

M

Thos

Tyler

 

3

2

O

16

M

John

Lowell

 

3

2

O

17

M

John

Adams Junr

 

3

2

O

18

M

Josiah

Water

 

3

2

O

19

M

Ephraim

Copeland

 

3

2

O

20

M

George

Eustis

 

3

2

O

21

M

Josias

Byles

 

3

2

O

22

F

Lydia

Lewis

 

3

3

O

1

M

J:

Osborne

 

3

3

O

2

M

Royall

Tyler

 

3

3

O

3

M

Thomas

Cushing

 

3

3

O

4

M

Wm

Greenleaf

 

3

3

O

5

M

James

Pitts

 

3

3

O

6

M

Samuel

Wallis

 

3

3

O

7

M

Benja

Emmons

 

3

3

O

8

M

Joshua

Emmons

 

3

3

O

9

M

Thomas

Stoddard & Co.

 

3

3

O

10

F

Susanna

Renken

 

3

3

O

11

M

Benja

Andrews

 

3

3

O

12

M

Benja

Austin

 

3

3

O

13

M

John

Erving junr

 

3

3

O

14

M

Thos.

Greenough

 

3

3

O

15

M

Willm

Hickling Junr

 

3

3

O

16

M

Thos:

Raymond Junr

 

3

3

O

17

M

John

Loudon

 

3

3

O

18

M

Moses

Belcher Bass

 

3

3

O

19

M

Wm

Dawes Junr

 

3

3

O

20

M

Ebenr

Hancock

 

3

3

O

21

M

Barnabas

Webb

 

3

1

V

1

M

Michael

Malcom

 

3

1

V

2

M

John

Dupree

 

3

1

V

3

M

Will:m

Codner

 

3

1

V

4

M

William

Simpkins

 

3

1

V

5

M

Robert

Rand

 

3

1

V

6

M

Thomas

Foot

 

3

1

V

7

M

Barthl

Kane

 

3

1

V

8

M

Stephen

Whiting

3

1

V

9

M

Nathl

Balch

3

1

V

10

F

Eunice

Campbell

3

1

V

11

M

William

Scott

3

1

V

12

M

Joseph

Balch

3

1

V

13

M

Jno

Sweetser

3

1

V

14

F

Ann

Nolton

her X mark

3

1

V

15

M

Joseph

Belknap

3

1

V

16

M

Wm

Whitwell

3

1

V

17

M

Jno

Gore

3

1

V

18

M

Benj.am

Cocks

3

1

V

19

M

Jona

Loring

3

1

V

20

M

Saml

Ridgway junr

3

1

V

21

M

John

Ridgway

3

1

V

22

M

Josiah

Carter

3

1

V

23

M

Samuel

Ridgway

3

1

V

24

M

Samuel

Ross

3

1

V

25

F

Mary

Alexander

3

1

V

26

M

Joseph

Gendell

3

1

V

27

M

Sam.l

Minott

3

1

V

28

M

John

Rogers

3

1

V

29

M

John

Green

3

1

V

30

M

W..m

Cordwell

3

1

V

31

M

George

Beattie

3

1

V

32

M

Tho:s

Dakin

3

1

V

33

M

John

Cook

3

1

V

34

M

Oliver

Luckas

3

1

V

35

M

Benj

Loring

3

1

V

36

M

Benja Mulberry

Holmes

3

1

V

37

M

John

Perkins junr

3

2

V

1

M

Thos:

Newell

3

2

V

2

M

Nathl

Parkman

3

2

V

3

F

Martha

Park

3

2

V

4

M

Will:m

Hichborn

3

2

V

5

M

Nathl:

Hichborn

3

2

V

6

M

John

Baker

3

2

V

7

M

Joseph

Webb

3

2

V

8

M

Saml

Sellon

3

2

V

9

M

Joseph

Scott

3

2

V

10

M

David

Cutler

3

2

V

11

M

Samuel

Sloane

3

2

V

12

M

Tho’

Loyd

3

2

V

13

M

William

Curtis

3

2

V

14

F

Abigail

Whitney

3

2

V

15

M

Charles

Gleditsch

3

2

V

16

M

Charles

Connor

3

2

V

17

M

Edward

Marion

3

2

V

18

F

Tabthay

Davis

3

2

V

19

M

Edward

Edwards

3

2

V

20

M

Josiah

Carter junr

3

2

V

21

F

Susanna

Chambers

3

2

V

22

M

Joseph

Blake

3

2

V

23

M

Thos

Dawes

3

2

V

24

F

Lusehanar

Spear

3

2

V

25

M

A d:o

Bulfinch

3

2

V

26

M

John

Brown

3

2

V

27

M

John

Coburn

3

2

V

28

M

Thos

Courtney

3

2

V

29

M

James

Pecks

3

2

V

30

F

Rebecca

Thomas

3

2

V

31

F

Grace

Gardner

3

2

V

32

M

Ebenezer

Swan

3

2

V

33

F

Elizabeth

Rickan

3

2

V

34

M

Sam.

Quincy

3

2

V

35

M

Edwd

Blanchard

3

2

V

36

M

Danl

Becker

3

3

V

1

M

Thomas

Parker

3

3

V

2

M

Edward

Hall

3

3

V

3

M

Joseph

Frances

3

3

V

4

M

Jn:o

Skinner

3

3

V

5

F

Sarah

Winser

3

3

V

6

F

Ruth

Sinclair

3

3

V

7

F

Hannah

Ross

3

3

V

8

F

Mary

Angues

3

3

V

9

M

Joseph

Waldron

3

3

V

10

M

Zech.

Fowle

3

3

V

11

F

Kathe

Ochterlony

3

3

V

12

M

Jn:o

Tyler

3

3

V

13

M

G B

Gedney

 

3

3

V

14

M

Nathl

Attwood

 

3

3

V

15

M

John

Merritt

 

3

3

V

16

M

Thos

Hichborn

 

3

3

V

17

M

Robert

Sloan

 

3

3

V

18

M

Thos

Atkins Junr

 

3

3

V

19

M

John

Jenkins

 

3

3

V

20

M

Josiah

Langdon

 

3

3

V

21

M

James

Rogers

 

3

3

V

22

M

David

Flagg

 

3

3

V

23

M

Adino

Paddock

 

3

3

V

24

M

Wm

Rogers

 

3

3

V

25

M

George

Roulstone

3

3

V

26

M

Samuel

Vincent

3

3

V

27

M

William

Owen

3

3

V

28

M

Hopestill

Capen

3

3

V

29

M

Jasn

Jackson

3

3

V

30

M

John

Sheppard

3

3

V

31

M

James

Sumner

3

3

V

32

M

Edwd

Walker

3

3

V

33

M

John

Coleman

3

3

V

34

M

John

McLane

4

1

O

1

M

John

Wheatley

 

4

1

O

2

M

Samuel

Sewall

 

4

1

O

3

M

Tim.o

Newell

 

4

2

O

1

M

John

Jeffries

one year

4

2

O

2

M

Jno  Mico

Wendell

for one year

4

2

O

3

M

Thos:

Brattle

 

4

2

O

4

M

Joseph

Sherburne

 

4

2

O

5

M

W:m

Phillips

 

4

2

O

6

M

Jos:a

Brachett

 

4

2

O

7

M

William

Crombie

 

4

2

O

8

M

John

Winslow

4

2

O

9

M

Jolley

Allen

4

2

O

10

M

Wm

Hall

4

2

O

11

M

John

Greenleaf

for one year

4

2

O

12

M

Daniel

Henchman

4

2

O

13

M

Andrew

Barclay

4

2

O

14

M

Ziph.

Thayer

4

2

O

15

M

Thomas

Fleet

for one year

4

2

O

16

M

E: Winter

Calef

4

2

O

17

M

John

Jepson

 

Source: Non-consumption Subscription. Boston: Harvard University Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA. ms dated October 28, 1767. Probably printed by Edes and Gill, Boston. Partially printed, with 665 subscribers signed in their own hands. Archival images of the 8 subscription sheets appear here. 

Commentary: This peer reviewed transcription of the signatures was made as a service to scholars and devotees of Early American studies by Sam Forman, John Hannigan, Tamesin Eustis, Lora Innes, and Cassandra Berman, with the active encouragement of Houghton’s archivist John overholt and Brandeis University’s Professor Jane Kamensky. The transcribed list was pursued via invitation-only small crowd sourcing, with visual inspection performed from Houghton Library’s electronically posted images, spot checking with primary and secondary historical and genealogical sources, and final inspection of the source documents under a magnifying glass and with a trans-illuminator. The small group represented a diverse posse of eyeballs, whose owners can be characterized as representing various combinations of scholarship, historical biography, library science, historical fiction, and web comic art. All had a priori experience with the philology of 18th century New England manuscripts.

The transcribed list of signatories appears for the first time here.

I anticipate that this list will be utilized to further historians’ understanding of group and individual agency in protests against the post-Stamp Act Townshend duties. Primary source documentation from this time period can be sparse and fragmentary.  For example, women activists in boycotts in late Colonial Massachusetts had been noted collectively and anonymously  in contemporary newspapers.  For the first time ever over 50 Boston Daughters of Liberty are identified by their own hands on an important protest document, an early link in the causal chain toward eventual Revolution and Independence.

Descriptive statistics for subscription pages 1 through 4 (of 8 sheets in total): 386 signatures, one of which was by a recanting man. Thirty-seven signatures are by women.  Benjamin White and Ann Nolton both signed with an ‘X.’  John Whatman’s fleur-de-lis watermark, signifying fine imported English paper, characterizes pages 2,3,4. There is no watermark on page 1.

The complete list of signatories will appear in installments:

·         Signatures listed in order of their appearance on manuscript pages 1 through 4 – today.

·         Listing in order of appearance on pages 5 through 8 – August 13, 2013.

·         Alphabetical list by last name, surnames beginning A thu H – August 20, 2013.

·         By last name, letters I thru Z – August 27, 2013.

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